Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

एवं विधिं यः कुरुते पुरुषो भक्तिभावतः । स पुत्रपशुवृद्धिं च शरीरारोग्यमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

evaṃ vidhiṃ yaḥ kurute puruṣo bhaktibhāvataḥ | sa putrapaśuvṛddhiṃ ca śarīrārogyamāpnuyāt

Translation

جو مرد بھکتی کے جذبے سے اس ودھی کے مطابق یہ رسم ادا کرتا ہے، وہ بیٹوں اور مویشیوں میں افزونی، اور بدن کی تندرستی حاصل کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण — adverb ‘thus/in this manner’

• vidhim: the rite/procedure
• vidhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — masculine accusative singular

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — relative pronoun, masculine nominative singular

• kurute: performs
• kurute: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘does/performs’

• puruṣaḥ: a man/person
• puruṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• bhakti-bhāvataḥ: out of devotion; with devotional feeling
• bhakti-bhāvataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भक्तेः भावः) ‘from/with the feeling of devotion’; ablative singular used adverbially

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — demonstrative pronoun, masculine nominative singular

• putra-paśu-vṛddhim: increase of sons and cattle
• putra-paśu-vṛddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + paśu (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (पुत्राश्च पशवश्च) + वṛddhi ‘increase’; अर्थः ‘increase of sons and cattle’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय — conjunction ‘and’

• śarīra-ārogyam: bodily health
• śarīra-ārogyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक) + ārogya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शरीरस्य आरोग्यम्) — neuter accusative singular

• āpnuyāt: would obtain
• āpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘may obtain/should obtain’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes the rite with folded hands; behind him, symbols of prosperity—healthy children, thriving cattle, and a serene household—appear as a phala-vision emanating from the sacred site.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūtamātṛ (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional observance aligned with prescribed rite yields worldly welfare—family prosperity and health—within a dharmic framework.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the setting of the rite and its promised fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the previously described Bhūtamātṛ worship-vidhi with devotion to obtain the stated benefits.